Holland,
Michigan, December 20, 2012 – Macatawa
Bank has wrapped up its Fill-a-Plate Holiday Food Drive, collecting more than
7,800 items to benefit West Michigan food banks and other charities.

Nearly 30 non-profits from around the
region benefited from the friendly competition, which encouraged employees and
customers of the Holland-based community bank to collect non-perishable food
items and personal hygiene products.
Each of the three floors of the corporate headquarters, along with each
branch, selected a local charity to receive their food donations.

Food drive winners are:

·Lakeshore region: Douglas branch collecting for Christian
Neighbors

·Grand Rapids region: Rockford branch collecting for North
Kent Community Service

·Third floor of Macatawa’s corporate
headquarters. All told, the
corporate staff collected more than 5,700 food items for the Holland Rescue
Mission, Community Action House and His Harvest Stand.

The bank will also give $145 to a local
food bank in response to a Facebook “contest” that rewarded each new “like” on
its page (facebook.com/MacatawaBank) with a $1 donation.

“We were overwhelmed by the strong
response we received to our Fill-a-Plate Holiday Food Drive and plan to
continue this new tradition next year,” said Chris Bart, vice president of
marketing at Macatawa Bank. “Our
local food pantries have told us that the need they see is double what it was
just a few years ago. As West
Michigan’s leading community bank, we are very pleased to be able to assist
those less fortunate this holiday season.”

About
Macatawa Bank

Headquartered in Holland, Mich.,
Macatawa Bank Corp. offers a full range of banking, investment and trust
services to individuals, businesses and governmental entities from a network of
26 full-service branches located throughout communities in Kent, Ottawa and
northern Allegan counties. Services include commercial, consumer and real
estate financing; business and personal deposit services; ATMs and Internet
banking services; trust and employee benefit plan services and various
investment services. The Corporation emphasizes its local management team and
decision making, along with providing customers excellent service and superior
financial products.